Door post and stop for railway car



NOV. 22, 1955 J. s. swANN DOOR POST AND STOF FOR RAILWAY CAR 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed April 28 1951 INVENTOR.

Nov. 22, 1955 J. s. swANN DOOR POST AND STOP FOR RAILWAY CAR 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April 28, 1951 INVENmR. L/a/Me 55 M ff United States Patent Oce 2,724,154 Patented Nov. 22, 1955 1o claims. (ci. 2li- 26) This `invention relates to improvements in railway freight car construction and has particular reference to the construction of door posts and door stops for box cars.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a combined door post and door stop so formed as to provide a channel adjacent the post portion within which to secure a wooden member providing a nailing strip for the application of car lining and/or wooden auxiliary grain doors.

The present Association of American Railroads door post construction comprises a door post in the form of a hollow rectangular box section extending from side sill to side plate with one flange of an angle secured to the outer face of the post, said angle having an outwardly extending flange in theplane of the side of the post facing the car doorway; and with the usual door stop angle secured to said outwardly extending flange.

My present construction eliminates one wall of the door post, but the flangeof the angle secured to the post combines with the other three walls of the post to still provide the hollow box section post, which is the principal object of the invention.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following description thereof.

Referring now to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, and wherein like reference characters indicate `like parts.

Fig. 1 is a broken side elevation of the side wall of a railway car at the doorway showing the door posts and associated parts of the car.

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-32, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3--3, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of a modified form of the invention at one side of the doorway.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of a further modified form of the invention. p

Referring to Figs. l to 3, `the parts of a railway car side wall associated with the doorway are shown and comprise a side sill 1, which extendsfrom end to end of the car, and under the doorway is reinforced by an inwardly facing channel 2 secured in any desired manner to the car underframe, not shown. The ends of transversely laid floor boards 3 rest upon the inwardly extending horizontal llange 4 of the side sill and upon the flooring rests the usual threshold plate 5. Side plate 6 extends across the top of the doorway, and is provided with a downwardly extending outer flange 7, to which is fixed the door hood or header 8.

The door post extends between the side plate 6 and the side sill 1 and comprises a substantially S-shaped pressing consisting of an outwardly facing channel including the spaced parallel flanges 10 and 11 joined by a web 12, The outer margin of the flange 10 is bent at right angles parallel with the car wall forming a flange 13, which flange 13 terminates in an inwardly turned reflange 14. Flanges 10 and 13, and reflange 14 enclose a nailing strip 15 which is rectangular in cross section and fastened by stud bolts passing therethrough with one end welded to flange 13. The side sheathing of the car is indicated at 16, a vertical margin of which at the door post overlaps flange 13 and is secured thereto by spaced rivets 17. The lower end of flange 13 is offset inwardly `so as to overlap the vertical flange of the side sill 1, which flange, between the door posts, is cut away in height to the approximate thickness of the floor boards 3 so that the threshold plate may extend thereover, as shown in Fig. 3.

The front door stop comprises a plate member pressed to form a flange 19 offset at its front margin to overlap the rear edge of the side sheathing, so that a row of` vertically spaced rivets 18 secures said margins of the sheathing and door stop to flange 13. Flange 19 spans the space between flanges 10 and 11 and ,is welded, as at 20, to the outer edge of flange 11, and thus the flanges 10 and 11, web 12 and the included portion of ange 19 of the front door stop forms a hollow box section door post. Flange 19 is turned outwardly, as at 21, and then formed into a channel 22 facing the doorway to receive a cooperating strip on the forward edge of the door (not shown) when closed thereagaifnst. The front door stop extends from the sill 2 to which it is secured by rivets 23 to the side plate flange 7 to which it is secured by rivets 24, which rivets also hold the upper margin of side sheathing 16 and gusset plate 25 thereto.

The rear door stop comprises an angle pressing having a flange 26 similar to flange 19 and an outwardly turned flange 27 to which is secured, as by rivets 29, the

vertically extending rear door stop 28 which cooperates with a strip, not shown, on the rear vertical edge of the door when closed.

Ordinarily the door posts are the width of the car wall, but in case it is desired to have anchoring means for the y ends of lading bands, the channel portion 10-11-12 of the door post may be narrowed to permit application to the inner face of the web thereof of a rod 30 having spaced bands therein around which the ends of lading bands may be anchored. Thus the addition of the band to the narv sheathing extends across the space between the arms` of the channel portion and is secured to flange 35, as by a row of rivets 37. `This eliminates the part 19 from the formerly described modification and theextension of the side wall performs the function thereof.

The door post atrthe rear end of the doorway is like' wise similar to that shown in Fig. 2 except that the flange 38 of the channel portion extends outwardly beyond` the plane of the car wall and is bent, as at 39, to form a rear door stop at the outer margin of said flange 38, and the side wall sheathing 16 extends across the arms of the channel portion and is secured to flange 38 by a row of rivets 40.

I claim:

1. A combined door post and door stop for a railway car comprising a channel shaped member having spaced parallel flanges, a door stop member having a flange spanning said channel portion and secured thereto, forming a rectangular box section and a portion issuing from the free edge of oneof said flanges, coplanar therewith and having a laterally facing channel formed therein along its outer margin forming a door stop, said door stop member extending below the lower end of the channel shaped member.

3.' In a combined door post and door stop for a rail-y way car comprising a hollow box section door post member, a portion extending from one side wall of said lpost and in the same plane therewith, said portion havinga door stop integrally formed therein along its outer margin, said portion and door stop extending below said box section door post.

4. In a railway car having a wall with a doorway therein, a door post at one side of said doorway, said vdoor post including an outwardly facing channel portion, and a door stop member having a flange spanning the open face of said channel portion and secured thereto, whereby the channel portion of the door post and the included portion of said flange provide a combined hollow box s ection door post and door stop, said door stop member extending below said door post.

5. In a railway car'having a wall with a doorway therein, a door post at either side of said doorway, each door post including an outwardly facing channel portion, and a lateral flange, a door stop member having a ange spanning the open face of said channel portion and secured thereto, said door stop member extending below said channel portion, and a nailing post secured to said door post between said channel portion and said lateral Aflange.

r6l In a railway car having a wall with a doorway therein and side sheathing on said wall, a door post at one side of said doorway, said door post including spaced parallel ilanges extending transversely of said wall, one of s aid anges extending outwardly beyond the vertical plane of said wall and having a door stop integrally l formed therein along its outer margin, said side sheathing spanning. the space between saidl flanges and being secured to4 said one flange.

Z. In a railway car wall having a door opening therein, a; side sill reinforcing member extending across and below the car door opening, a door post forming a vertical margin of said opening, said door post comprising a fabricated metal section including an outwardly facing channel shaped portion including spaced parallel anges the outer edge of one of said flanges having a flange issuing therefrom at right angles thereto, and a meinberspanning the space between said parallel flanges secured thereto and; turned at right. angles coplanar with.

the other of said parallel flanges and formed into a laterally facing door stop channel portion, the channel portion. ofsaidV door post and said member forming a rectangularbox'. sectiony door post, and said member extending below; said door post for attachment to said sidev silly reinforcing member.

8. II-n a railway car wall having a door opening therein, a sidey plate having a horizontal portion extendingy across and above the top of the door opening, and a side sill reinforcing member extendingacross and below the door opening, the combination therewith of a door post forming a vertical side margin of said door opening including spaced parallel flanges, and a door stop member including a portion spanning said spaced anges and secured thereto and overlapping said side plate and said auxiliary side sill and secured thereto, said door stop member having an outturned portion coplanar with one of said spaced parallel flanges, the outer margin of which outturned portion is formed into a laterally facing door stop channel portion.

9. In a railway car wall having a door opening therein, a side plate extending across the top of said door opening and having horizontal and vertical portions, a side sill extending across the bottom of said door opening and having horizontal and vertical portions, and a side sill reinforcing member having a verticalweb, said vertical web and vertical portions of the side plate and side sill being coplanar; the combination therewith of a combined door post and door stop forming a ver tical margin of said door opening, the door post portion including a rectangular box section extending between the horizontal portions of the side plate and side sill, and the door stop portion issuing from the outer edge of the side of the door post forming the margin of ythe door opening and coplanar therewith, said door stop portion lapping they vertical portions of the side plate and side sill and web of said reinforcing member and secured thereto.

10. In a railway car wall having a door opening therein, a side plate having a horizontal leg and a vertical leg, a side sill having a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, andy a channel side reinforcing member having a vertically disposed web and horizontally disposed legs, the vertical legs of the side plate and side sill and the web of the reinforcing member being coplanar, a door post at one side of the door opening extending between the horizontal legs of the side plate and side sill and secured to the Vertical legs thereof, said door post including a, channel shaped portion having a web coplanar with the inside of said car wall and spaced legs transversely of said Walh a door stop member having a leg spanning the space between said spaced legs, substantially coplanar with the outside of said car wall, and formingy with, said channel, portion a rectangular box section door post, said door stop leg lapping the vertical leg of the vside plate and the web of thev side sill reinforcing member and being secured theret o said door stop member having a` portion coplanar with ay spaced leg of the door post and formed into a laterally facing door stop channel.

References Cited in the tile of thisy patent UNITED STATES PATENTS- 1,228,548 Frantz June 5f, 1917 1,928,825 Anderson Oct. 3, 1933 2,018,583 Tobin Oct. 22, 1935 2,109,515 Wasberg Mar. l, 1938` 2,313,106 Wasberg Mar. 9, 1943 

